Varlam Shalamov ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Donald Rayfield. Gaito Gazdanov ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Bryan Karetnyk. Marina Tsvetaeva ; translated from the Russian, edited, and with an introduction by Jamey Gambrell. Kurt Tucholsky ; translated from the German and with an introduction by Michael Hofmann. José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese and with an introduction by Giovanni Pontiero. Anton Chekhov ; translated with notes by Ronald Wilks ; with an introduction by Donald Rayfield. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; with an introduction by Andrey Kurkov. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; with an introduction by Terry Gilliam. Anton Chekhov ; translated and with an introduction by Ronald Hingley. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; introduction by Will Self.